{"id":9095,"date":"2026-11-04T23:01:37","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T06:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/?p=9095"},"modified":"2026-11-04T23:01:38","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T06:01:38","slug":"twenty-twenty-six-day-three-zero-eight-its-never-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/2026\/11\/04\/twenty-twenty-six-day-three-zero-eight-its-never-over\/","title":{"rendered":"[twenty twenty six day three zero eight]: it&#8217;s never over"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-05-at-12.47.17-AM-600x408.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9096\" style=\"width:717px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-05-at-12.47.17-AM-600x408.png 600w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-05-at-12.47.17-AM-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-05-at-12.47.17-AM-767x521.png 767w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-05-at-12.47.17-AM-639x434.png 639w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-05-at-12.47.17-AM-1536x1044.png 1536w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-05-at-12.47.17-AM.png 1960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oh my, you jinxed it, Francis, saying &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/05\/is-it-over\/\">is it over?<\/a>&#8221; a month or so back. I had a whole presentation to complete for Clockwork Alchemy, which I &#8220;finished&#8221; only minutes before the actual presentation; then I had a breakneck two weeks working to break down my office in our home in California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"454\" src=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-05-at-12.56.37-AM-600x454.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9097\" style=\"width:717px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-05-at-12.56.37-AM-600x454.png 600w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-05-at-12.56.37-AM-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-05-at-12.56.37-AM-768x581.png 768w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-05-at-12.56.37-AM-640x484.png 640w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-05-at-12.56.37-AM-1536x1162.png 1536w, https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-05-at-12.56.37-AM.png 2006w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That&#8217;s where it was. I hoped to finish in a week or so, but ended up packing late the night before I left and running to FedEx in the morning before my flight. But I got it done, and now my wife is free to touch up the walls and floors in there before we rent or sell the place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So I&#8217;m not now going to say &#8220;it&#8217;s over&#8221;. It&#8217;s never over, but at least today, I got to breathe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-the Centaur<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pictured: My lunch at Panera, planning next steps, and our former great room and my temporary post-pandemic, post-renovation office in our house in California.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh my, you jinxed it, Francis, saying &#8220;is it over?&#8221; a month or so back. 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